Legacy of the Martyrs

Yahya Naqvi is back with a tribute to all the martyrs who gave their lives fighting for Islam.

Yahya Naqvi

The legacy of the martyrsLives through the tears of mothers

He used play on the streetsWith the friends he knewShe used to walk him to schoolUntil the day that he grew

Warrior of all warriorsFighter of all fighters

The young Palestinian teenWho came in the way of the bloodthirsty machineIt was a drill like any drill, a drill much routineThe tanks rolled by and blew whatever they pleasedIt's the Gaza shooting sprees that make the massacre obscene

I can't tell you how it happens, how the martyr departsHow the bullets ambush an innocent, and rip his chest apartBut we know he called out for his mother with his dying breathThat's why she has been visiting his grave after his death

The legacy of martyrsLives through the tears of mothers

She was a rock to lean onNever left her aloneShe was her best friendNo secret unknown

Woman of all womenLady of ladies

The young Iraqi girlKidnapped by the cruelest men in this worldThey torture all the same, it'll make your head swirlHow they imprisoned and dehumanized a family's pearlThe pigs walked in and did whatever they pleasedIt's the Abu Ghraib screams that make the massacre obscene

I can't tell you how it happens, how the martyr departsHow a letter of suicide came straight from the heartBut we know she called out for her mother with her dying breathThat's why she has been visiting her grave after her death